Skeledirge counters

#0911

fire ghostTier 3

Lobby CP

18,504

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

162

Defense

140

Difficulty

0.53

Pokebattler scale

Beating Skeledirge should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,651-1,729.

Weak toground1.6xrock1.6xghost1.6xwater1.6xdark1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy ★Partly cloudy ★Cloudy Windy Snow Fog ★

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Water Mega — most top counters attack with Water

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Skeledirge counters are Mega Greninja, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Darkrai, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Rampardos & Shadow Kyogre.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Darkrai
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Rampardos
S. Kyogre

8 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Mega GreninjaMegapartyWater Shuriken / Surf+0.471:22
2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.491:26
3Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.531:32
4Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.541:35
5Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.551:36
6Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyShadow Claw / Moongeist Beam0.551:37
7Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball0.561:38
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Shadow Ball0.561:39
9Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.561:39
10Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.571:40
13Shadow RampardosShadowpartySmack Down / Rock Slide0.591:44
14Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.601:45

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Top 15 Skeledirge counters in detail

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Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	1:22	0.47	1.9	286.9%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	1:26	0.49	1.6	273.1%
3	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	1:32	0.53	2.6	253.9%
4	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	1:35	0.54	1.3	246.9%
5	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	1:36	0.55	1.2	244.9%
6	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	ghostShadow ClawghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	1:37	0.55	3.6	241.5%
7	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	1:38	0.56	3.8	239.5%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,428	1:39	0.56	2.4	237.9%
9	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	1:39	0.56	3.6	236.6%
10	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	1:40	0.57	3.6	234.0%
11	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutghostShadow Ball	6,112	1:41	0.57	2.5	233.4%
12	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	1:44	0.59	4.5	226.6%
13	Shadow Rampardosrock	rockSmack DownrockRock Slide	3,298	1:44	0.59	4.2	224.8%
14	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	1:45	0.60	2.4	222.8%
15	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	3,625	1:46	0.60	2.8	222.5%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Skeledirge.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Skeledirge's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	133%	239.8%	1:38	3.1	0.56
Bite / Shadow Ball	100%	114%	233.3%	1:41	4.2	0.57
Incinerate / Shadow Ball	100%	108%	233.6%	1:40	4.3	0.57
Hex / Shadow Ball	100%	117%	233.7%	1:40	4.0	0.57
Bite / Torch Song	100%	133%	238.4%	1:38	3.3	0.56
Bite / Crunch	100%	162%	240.1%	1:38	2.7	0.56
Hex / Crunch	100%	161%	241.0%	1:37	2.7	0.55
Incinerate / Torch Song	100%	130%	241.3%	1:37	3.4	0.55
Hex / Torch Song	100%	136%	241.6%	1:37	3.2	0.55
Incinerate / Disarming Voice	100%	143%	241.6%	1:37	3.0	0.55
Hex / Flamethrower	100%	148%	242.0%	1:37	2.8	0.55
Incinerate / Flamethrower	100%	138%	242.1%	1:37	3.2	0.55
Bite / Flamethrower	100%	147%	242.6%	1:37	2.8	0.55
Hex / Disarming Voice	100%	151%	243.2%	1:37	2.6	0.55
Incinerate / Crunch	100%	149%	243.2%	1:37	2.7	0.55
Bite / Disarming Voice	100%	154%	245.0%	1:36	2.6	0.55

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 1 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Skeledirge weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

ground1.6x rock1.6x ghost1.6x water1.6x dark1.6x flying1x electric1x psychic1x dragon1x poison0.63x steel0.63x fire0.63x grass0.63x ice0.63x fairy0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.39x bug0.39x

Weak (5)
Neutral (4)
Resists (9)

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.39xbug0.39xpoison0.625xsteel0.625xfire0.625xgrass0.625xice0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Skeledirge throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireIncinerateSTAB	32	+22	2.5s	0.70s
darkBite	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
ghostHexSTAB	8	+13	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
fireFlamethrowerSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.30s
fireTorch SongSTAB	100	-50	3.5s	2.50s
darkCrunch	65	-33	3.0s	1.10s
fairyDisarming Voice	70	-33	4.0s	3.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,651	2,064
11/11/11	1,667	2,084
12/12/12	1,682	2,103
13/13/13	1,698	2,123
14/14/14	1,714	2,142
15/15/15hundo	1,729	2,162

Caught CP range 1,651 - 1,729, or 2,064 - 2,162 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Skeledirge is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 162 / Defense 140 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	100%	286.9%	0.47	1:22	1.7	100%	3,784	44.8	1349
2	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	97%	273.1%	0.49	1:26	1.5	100%	3,842	43.7	1497
3	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	85%	253.9%	0.53	1:32	2.4	100%	3,701	41.9	1132
4	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	89%	246.9%	0.54	1:35	1.2	100%	5,902	38.3	1668
5	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	89%	244.9%	0.55	1:36	1.1	100%	5,902	38.1	1757
6	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam	Shadow Claw / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	76%	241.5%	0.55	1:37	3.3	100%	4,099	38.4	873
7	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	75%	239.5%	0.56	1:38	3.5	100%	4,336	37.8	837
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	80%	237.9%	0.56	1:39	2.2	100%	6,428	37.3	1147
9	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	75%	236.6%	0.56	1:39	3.2	100%	3,739	36.8	847
10	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	75%	234.0%	0.57	1:40	3.3	100%	3,922	37.7	864
11	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball	Psycho Cut / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	78%	233.4%	0.57	1:41	2.3	100%	6,112	36.3	1115
12	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	69%	226.6%	0.59	1:44	4.2	100%	3,301	35.8	701
13	Shadow Rampardos rockshadow Smack Down / Rock Slide	Smack Down / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	69%	224.8%	0.59	1:44	3.9	100%	3,298	35.4	716
14	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	75%	222.8%	0.60	1:45	2.2	100%	4,115	34.9	1121
15	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	73%	222.5%	0.60	1:46	2.6	100%	3,625	34.4	1028
16	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	72%	222.3%	0.60	1:46	2.8	100%	4,115	34.9	939
17	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	81%	222.0%	0.60	1:46	1.2	100%	5,347	34.4	1599
18	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	76%	220.4%	0.61	1:46	1.8	100%	4,401	34.3	1271
19	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Smack Down / Brutal Swing	Smack Down / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	75%	220.2%	0.61	1:47	2.0	100%	3,834	34.1	1200
20	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	76%	217.5%	0.61	1:48	1.7	100%	5,424	34.2	1333
21	Mega Diancie rockfairymega Rock Throw / Rock Slide	Rock Throw / Rock Slide+5 more movesets	71%	216.4%	0.62	1:48	2.5	100%	4,346	33.7	1017
22	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	68%	214.9%	0.62	1:49	3.3	100%	2,654	33.7	820
23	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Rock Wrecker	Mud-Slap / Rock Wrecker+15 more movesets	72%	214.5%	0.62	1:49	2.3	100%	3,733	33.4	1095
24	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	65%	210.5%	0.63	1:51	3.9	100%	2,829	33.2	721
25	Shadow Crawdaunt waterdarkshadow Snarl / Crabhammer	Snarl / Crabhammer+11 more movesets	65%	209.6%	0.64	1:52	3.9	100%	2,474	32.8	704
26	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	67%	208.9%	0.64	1:52	3.0	100%	3,922	32.5	892
27	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	60%	206.9%	0.65	1:53	5.6	100%	2,526	33.6	549
28	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	67%	206.4%	0.65	1:54	2.7	100%	3,962	32.4	981
29	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	66%	205.7%	0.65	1:54	3.0	100%	3,683	32.3	948
30	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	62%	205.6%	0.65	1:54	4.7	100%	3,268	33.2	701

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.3 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.